Governorates of Palestine

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter II-3 is dated 2011-12-15. It assigns codes to the governorates, as shown in the table below.

These are the new governorates of Palestine, according to Global Statistics .

GovernorateHASCISOPopulationCapital
BethlehemPS.WE.BLBTH176,515Bayt Lahm
Deir Al-BalahPS.GZ.DBDEB205,534Deir Al-Balah
GazaPS.GZ.GZGZA496,410Gaza
Gaza ash ShamaliyahPS.GZ.GSNGZ270,245Jabaliyah
HebronPS.WE.HEHBN551,130Hebron
JeninPS.WE.JNJEN256,212Jenin
JerichoPS.WE.JCJRH41,724Ariha
JerusalemPS.WE.JSJEM362,521al-Quds
Khan YunisPS.GZ.KYKYS270,979Khan Yunis
NablusPS.WE.NANBS321,493Nablus
QalqilyaPS.WE.QAQQA91,046Qalqilya
RafahPS.GZ.RARFH173,371Rafah
Ramallah and Al-BirehPS.WE.RBRBH278,018Ramallah
SalfitPS.WE.SASLT59,464Salfit
TubasPS.WE.TBTBS48,771Tubas
TulkarmPS.WE.TLTKM158,213Tulkarm
  • HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes.
    The middle two letters identify the district.
    For key, see the Districts of Palestine page.
  • ISO: Codes from ISO standard 3166-2.
  • Population: 2007-12-01 census.
  • Capital: Information provided by Karem Abdalla. Bayt Lahm is
    Arabic for Bethlehem; Ariha is Arabic for Jericho; al-Quds
    is Arabic for Jerusalem.

Change history:

Under Israeli administration, Gaza was divided into the subdistricts of Gaza, Khan Yunis, and Rafah; the West Bank was divided into the subdistricts of Bethlehem, Hebron, Jenin, Jordan, Nablus, Ramallah, and Tulkarm.

Other names of subdivisions:

  1. Gaza ash Shamaliyah: North Gaza (English)
  2. Jericho: Jericho and Al Aghwar (variant)
  3. Nablus: Nabulus (variant)
Back to main statoids page Last updated: 2014-01-26
Copyright © 2001, 2003, 2011, 2014 by Gwillim Law.